New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-03
MIR. BTRNE ANSWERS MR.. DAY
BASEBALL MAGNATES AT ODDS.

WHY BROOKLYN CANNOT ACCEPT NEW-fohh
CHALLENGE-THE OPENING POSTPONED.
An innocent little paragraph published IN Brooklyn aoo"
two weeks ago commenting upon series 0 games oi oSc
ball between the New.Yok and Brooklyn clubs has s'eo
mp considerable strife and the end yet JOHN
H. Day the president OF the NewNork club issued sweep
challenge his Brooklyn rivals for baseball hoor ht
mating club had only one desire nnsaushe'
ana that was chance annihate the Brooklyn club pre
paver The Brooklyn club has responded with the
suboined challenge. The NcwNOrk and Brooklyn players
are lust as excited managers Mr. Byrnes defiance
a follows;
M JOIN h. DAY President Nc,c. York baseball CUB
DEAR SIR: ON sunday morning last March - oun1 IN
with your attached, and was naturally surprised
MONDAY March 2s however received by mail commun.
GaSn sS% yG Sa Sna 1 &aa nn % m ' wa
manS EVIL y Am %e in haony with
In reply ing to tie letter to desire to cali
your attention TO the that the article which Won quote
,om prominent New York Journal y h
truly say that neither Of my associates nor
by you such statement having been made by us or er
q u. yGT ay basis q" er shall
take upon myself to make some reply 10 WHAT you nave
Your understanding Of what Mr.; Mu,rie who has had
tvs mate IN ecSc or either
any propositions referred to by You for the very e
made to nHys no! liza MIN A ANY,
positively have not made to received IRON nm any
% hns that all this Of which You
only another bit OF the airy romancng IN wh inc eH
Sat faq' % na OF tho '
seems rather odd that THIS invitation 10 series Of games
should be held IN allegiance until within less IMAM 800 :"
WSeS matter OF public otcrciy Nor the fact re
series Of games at home with WclEnown clubs running from
April to April l4.-withn one day oil oui championship
GstSS are Gg 5 WIZ fyS"5' yS" e surely q
with whom play written contact which we re-
gard as binding aud which we propose to .Ie up TO- ana an
canceng these contracts and substituting dAes later IN
ship opens We have no time to spare io' eAOoh o
e close Of last season the retye merits OF the s'P PRE-
sentative clubs o. biookNn a"i IT,. mcsi,on a
series games ARRANGED the Tesnt being tha' INC
games played conceug To YOU on tho occasion oil
The last game the o game II you iSnsn9'r "i &
quenty been charged Nv your club admirers tai ho@Ayn
That IS Stc colfcc, and am human ami honest
enough to admit II oI the icIson hno% o. 10 %'f "
than the pre- tiso Of succes, and victory Your ci
s ~ tho 10 isS ' q iR hs g go
people assembled grounds 10 witness ITO w" gam
yea re- & over MOO S" Eou4 4 ty he S a
patrons OF the BROOKLYN cub turned out 10 eooy nn@eo :
in tie ABILITY Of your team to Broo,yn and naturally
reluctant 10 witness defeat Pardon ne bat am n,ifd d
10 say hight here that the ,carry OF poodle Attending mo
4d Huc to DO IN inspiring ta cIifaor,naly e.it Of gen
The Brooklyn club hs shown dcci,iyey Us ability 10 &C.
New-Nork club. Having won the lral cham on'h r.
- ambition now gtIiiy Is PATRONS AM li4tni'
lv winning Association champ n~iip INC
task is great counculaplc one To accomplish d. me
ciuD must cope successfully with ITS friendly hut ever l,''
mined rivals the NefopoliiAns hd van ihr is'
worlds CHAMPIONS % It Louis, who recently u''h'h l"'
champions of league We may fat Dat h'I We 40
not. and Iroylng the "HIHi, se,nir" 'irl '. H,r
their championship race (Which hoac1'y hCi@ , ,'ey
wilD possibly be- able al The end oi TIC 'nIth '
arrange another sce OF game and prove To go" e'
cluslyely that do 1t again. Very Nhif Noiis
G.. II. BlENr
The opening Of the bascb, the Polo Grounds yes
,erlay had TO De postponed again account Of the weather
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